Microsoft is renaming Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft has announced that Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is becoming Microsoft Entra ID.

The company said the name change “represents the evolution and unification of the Microsoft Entra product family, and a commitment to simplify secure access experiences for everyone".

Microsoft insists that customers do not need to take any action, and Azure AD users can continue to use the service without interruption. “All existing deployments, configurations, and integrations will continue to function as they do today without any action from you”.

What changes?

Only the name changes. Licensing, terms, service-level agreements, product certifications, support and pricing remain the same. All features and capabilities are still available in the product.

Service plan names will change on October 1, 2023 as per the diagram below (source: Microsoft)

Other changes include:

• Azure AD tenant becomes Microsoft Entra tenant
• Azure AD account becomes Microsoft Entra account
• Azure AD joined becomes Microsoft Entra joined
• Azure AD Conditional Access becomes Microsoft Entra Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra

Microsoft Entra protects all identities and secures network access everywhere. The expanded product family has:

Identity and access management

• Microsoft Entra ID (currently known as Azure AD)  
• Microsoft Entra ID Governance
• Microsoft Entra External ID

New identity categories

• Microsoft Entra Verified ID
• Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
• Microsoft Entra Workload ID

Network access

• Microsoft Entra Internet Access
• Microsoft Entra Private Access

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